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Today I learned that the Samurai were not only trained how to kill, but how to do it aesthetically. Considering killing to be an artform of the highest aesthetics needed for Self Perfection.

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neKB TIL that ‘Soccer’ is not an Americanism. It’s short for ‘Association Football’ and was popularised by the captain of the English national team 1894-5.
M7X7b TIL that all of the gold ever discovered by humankind would fit in a cube that is only 22 meters wide on every side.
6lkl TIL Ancient Greeks used to go to the gym naked – the word ‘gymnasium’ means “school for naked exercise”.
l7nvB TIL that the AFL Grand Final is a state holiday in Victoria
Vxg4 TIL the word “barbarian” originally referred to people who don’t speak Greek, because the Greeks thought people who spoke a foreign tongue sounded like they were saying “bar bar bar” all the time.